Miniature Mask

Medium

Wood, pigment, and encrustation

Dimensions

7 7/8 × 3 15/16 × 4 1/8 in. (20 × 10 × 10.5 cm)

Credit Line

Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection

Accession Number

2006.51.6

Culture
Period

20th century

Classification
Disclaimer

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Provenance

Provenance

Charles B. Benenson Collection, Greenwich, Conn; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Frederick John Lamp, Amanda Maples, and Laura M. Smalligan, Accumulating Histories: African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2012), 85, ill.
  • Barkley L. Hendricks, "Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006," in "Photography at Yale," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006), 222
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Additional information

Object/Work type

masks (costume), miniature (size attribute)

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